title: Photon-number-resolved detection of photon-subtracted thermal light.
abstract: We examine the photon statistics of photon-subtracted thermal light using photon-number-resolved detection. We demonstrate experimentally that the photon number distribution transforms from a Bose-Einstein distribution to a Poisson distribution as the number of subtracted photons increases. We also show that second- and higher-order photon correlation functions can be directly determined from the photon-number-resolved detection measurements of a single optical beam.
authors.affiliation: Joint Quantum Institute, National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Maryland, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA.
authors.forename: Yanhua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhai
authors.forename: Francisco E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Becerra
authors.forename: Boris L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Glebov
authors.forename: Jianming
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Adriana E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Lita
authors.forename: Brice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Calkins
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gerrits
authors.forename: Jingyun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Sae Woo
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Nam
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Migdall